Domaine Jean Monnier et Fils Meursault Premier Cru Genevrières 2016
Meursault Premier Cru AOC
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Parker calls this domaine “an estate whose wines I recommend with much enthusiasm” and Les Genevrières is one of Meursault’s finest Premiers Crus, always hard to source. Their superb 2016 is a masterpiece of minerally vivacity, depth and ripeness.
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Wine Details
- White - Dry
- Fine wine
France- Mid Gold
- Chardonnay
- 9.75 Units
- 13% ABV
- 31 December 2026
Flavour Profile
Tasting notes
Lean and precise with stony minerality plus creamy stone fruit
Aroma
Oak spice lift with a hint apricot, pear and bright, citrus minerality
Allergy information
Contains Sulphites
The Wine
The Monnier family have been winemakers ‘from father to son’ since 1720. Whether from Meursault, Volnay, Pommard or Beaune, their wines bear all the qualities and subtleties of the terroir from which they are harvested. This magnificent 2016 is from one of the top three Premiers Crus of Meursault. It’s one of the most southerly, on southeast facing slopes, with particularly stony soils, and the grapes reach excellent ripeness whilst still retaining a superb grip of minerality. The wine is carefully handcrafted by Jean-Claude Monnier and his son Nicolas. It has all the golden richness you’d expect of a Meursault, with a taut line of freshness. The lush spice tones gained from judicious oak ageing will become more overt with further ageing.
The Monnier family have been winemakers ‘from father to son’ since 1720. Whether...
Good news: 2016 is a seriously delicious vintage
Jancis Robinson MW
Wine Critic
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